The Unnatural Aging of Cheese: From Partying to Parenthood

The Unnatural Aging of Cheese is a collection of humorous short stories that recount the painfully slow maturation process of one New Jersey slacker (nicknamed Cheese) as he transitions from wild partier to mild-mannered parent, reluctant cat person, and bumbling home owner. It begins just after he gets expelled from an expensive boarding school and goes to live with his single, airline pilot father on the Jersey Shore. You'll draw countless parallels to your own life, as along the way, he drinks up the Christmas tree fund, burns up a couple cars, flunks out of two colleges, gets exiled to Oregon, takes a road trip to Mardi Gras, digs a grave, scrubs a cat's butt, and suffers a voodoo curse. And that's just the beginning. As you'll soon find out, his life on the tranquil Oregon Coast in a small, one-bath, ranch house with two daughters, two dogs, two cats and a Native American wife who can't cook is anything but... boring. Admit it or not, there's a little screw up in all of us that can't quite help but identify with many of his blunders.

"I was laughing my head off an hour ago and now am still smiling."—Cynthia Jacobi, Writers on the Edge, Inc.

"Soon you'll be spotting canary yellow books with a red automobile on the cover up and down the Oregon Coast - The Unnatural Aging of Cheese. Have you ever taken a book to bed and laughed so hard you woke up your spouse? This is that kind of book."—Kath Schonau, Aging Wisely Oregon

"It is so funny I laughed out loud and lots of laughing tears, too. We just ordered 6 more books for the kids..."—Gayle Atkins

"Hilarious! I never realized life events could be so funny until Steve put his 'spin' on it." —Dr. Randy Teich